Texas Chess Association

Strategic Planning for Organizations, with a focus on

Chess in Education

Presented by:

Clemente Rendon, MBA

TCA Vice-President

Million Dollar Question is:Where do we want to go?

The importance of strategic planning is for an

organization to develop its long term goals in

order to appropriately focus its energy

Every organization should have a vision of

where it wants to be 1-5 years from now

Strategic Planning Outline

1) Requires an organizational commitment2) Review of organizational history3) Set clear and measurable goals of what should

be achieved4) Develop strategies for achieving goals

Note that: strategic planning can be used to look at the entire organization or to focus on an area of the organization.

Focusing Strategic Planning

Self Evaluation: Chess in Education

• What is the purpose?• Where are we now in relation to our purpose?• Where do we want to be?• How do we get there from here?

“Without goals, and plans to reach them, you arelike a ship that has set sail with no destination.”Fitzhugh Dodson

Proposed plan of Action:1) Form a committee at a state level to promote

conferences, increase publication and member recruitment

2) Create a Texas chess in education forum, which will facilitate sharing of information and allow members to instruct local communities

3) Continue to have annual meeting at State Scholastic tournament, co-sponsored by TCA. Evaluate having additional meetings

4) Have proposed committee set clear & measurable goals of what should be accomplished

5) Work closely with UT-Dallas, UT-Brownsville and Texas Tech to promote efforts